• Dust observations with antenna measurements and its prospects for observations with Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter 

      Mann, Ingrid; Nouzak, Libor; Vaverka, Jakub; Antonsen, Tarjei; Fredriksen, Åshild; Issautier, Karine; Malaspina, David; Meyer-Vernet, Nicole; Pavlu, Jiri; Sternovsky, Zoltan; Stude, Joan; Ye, Shengyi; Zaslavsky, Arnaud (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-10)
      The electric and magnetic field instrument suite FIELDS on board the NASA Parker Solar Probe and the radio and plasma waves instrument RPW on the ESA Solar Orbiter mission that explore the inner heliosphere are sensitive to signals generated by dust impacts. Dust impacts have been observed using electric field antennas on spacecraft since the 1980s and the method was recently used with a number of ...
    • One-Year Analysis of Dust Impact-Like Events Onto the MMS Spacecraft 

      Vaverka, Jakub; Pavlu, Jiri; Nouzak, Libor; Safrankova, Jana; Nemecek, Zdenek; Mann, Ingrid; Ye, Shengyi; Lindqvist, Per-Arne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-16)
      We present an analysis of 1‐year data of dust impacts observed on two of the Earth‐orbiting Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) spacecraft. The dust impact signals were identified in observations of the electric field probes and were registered simultaneously by monopole and dipole configurations of the instrument. This unique setup allows us to reliably identify changes in the spacecraft potential ...
    • Understanding Cassini RPWS Antenna Signals Triggered by Dust Impacts 

      Ye, Shengyi; Vaverka, Jakub; Nouzak, Libor; Sternovsky, Zoltan; Zaslavsky, Arnaud; Mann, Ingrid; Hsu, H-W.; Averkamp, Terrance, F.; Sulaiman, AH; Pisa, D.; Hospodarsky, G. B.; Kurth, W.S.; Horanyi, M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-04)
      Electric field antennas are capable of detecting dust impacts in different space environment. We analyze the dust impact signals detected by the Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument at different locations around Saturn and compare them with dust impact signals simulated in laboratory conditions and numerically. The spacecraft potential, the size, and capacitance of the impacted element ...